Monthly Archives: June 2017

TODAY VENEZUELA - Ombudsman Tarek William Saab lashed out at violent events and hate crimes in almost three months of protests throughout Venezuela against the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Saab voiced concern at the...

TODAY VENEZUELA, Caracas — Venezuela on Wednesday launched a nationwide manhunt for Oscar Perez, a day after the police official and sometime film actor apparently hijacked a government helicopter, hurled grenades at the Supreme...

TODAY VENEZUELA - A helicopter from the Venezuela's Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations agency was stolen Tuesday evening, circled around the Supreme Court building, firing shots toward the building, followed by two explosions which...

TODAY VENEZUELA - Writing for Crux, Father Raymond de Souza makes the observation that Pope Francis has not mentioned Venezuela since an extraordinary meeting with the nation’s bishops on June 8.
"Is this silence a...

TODAY VENEZUELA -VV, when the Venezuelan Supreme Court dissolved Parliament and transferred all legislative powers to itself. The decision was reversed three days later, but protests have continued.
On Monday, dozens of roads were blocked...

Venezuela’s Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz said on Monday during an interview released in Lima, Peru, that subordination of the judiciary to secret services has turned Venezuela into a police state, instead of one...

TODAY VENEZEULA - This weekend was Venezuela’s Army Day, marking the 196th Battle of Carabobo, an important victory that led to the country’s independence.
The event celebrating it — which took place Saturday, June 24...

Students in the military base's school were affected by the toxic smoke, and two military personel were injured, according to the minister for Interior Relations.
TODAY IN VENEZUELA - A so-called “peaceful blockade” called for...

Venezuela has suffered food shortages for several years but things only seem to be getting worse. People are resorting to the black market for food, skipping meals and rummaging through garbage in search of...

Venezuela opposition lawmakers placed pretend coffins and body bags at gates of the National Guard headquarters on Tuesday in protest after the latest fatality in anti-government unrest that has killed at least 75 people...

TODAY VENEZUELA (AP) Venezuela's foreign minister walked out of a meeting of regional diplomats to discuss the South American country's political crisis on Monday as a 17-year-old anti-government demonstrator was shot and killed by...

TODAY VENEZUELA (CARACAS) Supporters and critics of Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz, who is legally challenging the embattled administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, took part in a massive fistfight outside the Attorney General's...

TODAY VENEZUELA - The Venezuelan opposition, on Wednesday, June 14, held a new "stand" that left at least 28 injured, including a legislator, in the protests against the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
In turn,...

TODAY VENEZUELA - Peru’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Luna has suggested that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau serve as a possible “mediator” of the crisis in Venezuela.
According to Luna, Trudeau could preside over the international...

Short of newspapers, Venezuelans are getting updates about their country’s deadly political crisis live — acted out by reporters on the bus to work.
Maria Gabriela Fernandez and Dereck Blanco stand on board inside a...

As Venezuela enters year eighteen of the Bolivarian Socialist Revolution, the international community is finally paying attention, as Venezuelans struggle to find food, medicine, and an outlet for their frustration that will not trigger...

Venezuela's interior ministry has taken control of the police force in the opposition-controlled state of Miranda.
The ministry accused Miranda's police of human rights violations and involvement in criminal networks.
The state, governed by the opposition...

Thousands of Venezuelans have fled their country to escape the hardship and violence of its economic and political crisis only to live in poverty in neighbouring Colombia .
To receive government help for food, health and education,...

After more than 60 days of protests, President Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship is running out of supplies to repress the opposition.
Local media is reporting that the regime has become desperate to acquire anti-riot gear and...